Post of the Week: “The Tiger and the Penguin”
My Post of the Week pick this time is a poem from a child who has a thing or two to say about unusual friendships.
Pregnancy
New Film Features Trans and Masculine-of-Center Pregnant People
A new documentary film shares the stories of transgender and other masculine-identified people who have chosen to give birth.
CDC Report on Women and Alcohol: Patronizing and Erasing of Queer Women
The CDC’s recent warning about the risks of alcohol for women is not only condescending, but also erases women in same-sex relationships and transgender women.
Posts of the Week: Pregnancy Posts
This week’s Posts of the Week are all about being pregnant or having a spouse/partner who is pregnant. Come see what these women’s experience has been, and go leave them some comments of encouragement!
Simultaneous Two-Mom Pregnancies
This week’s must-read is New York magazine’s story of a lesbian couple’s simultaneous pregnancies—but they’re far from the first two-mom couple to do this.
Butch and Pregnant: What to Wear
Continuing this week’s theme of pregnancy on the masculine side of the gender spectrum, let’s ask: What does the discerning yet pregnant butch or otherwise masculine-identified person wear?
How to Support Pregnant Transgender Men
A new article in a mainstream medical journal says that many transgender men who want to bear children often face barriers because of healthcare professionals’ lack of training—and it offers some guidance to correct that.
Finally Pregnant, but Still Worrying: One Woman’s Story
Thanks to Sarah Toce, founder and publisher of The Seattle Lesbian, for this guest post about becoming pregnant after fertility struggles and still feeling anxiety and guilt despite the good news.
Pro-Choice Means Having Choices
When Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced that she was pregnant, anti-choice activists reacted with surprise, as if being in favor of abortion rights meant being anti-pregnancy. RH Reality Check responded in turn with the Tumblr Pregnant, Parenting, and Pro-Choice, showing that the three can and do co-exist. Here’s my contribution—share yours.
ELLE Features Androgynous Maternity Clothing Line
ELLE, one of the leading fashion magazine in the world, has just revealed sketches of the new androgynous maternity (“alternity”) clothing line from Butchbaby & Co. and posted a fantastic interview with the founders. Gender-nonconforming fashion is fashion indeed. Catch a sneak peek after the jump here, too.
